Phonographic-disk-record holder.



IVI. G. NELLES.

PHONOGRAPHIC DISK RECORD HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.21. 1916.

L235,362. Patented July 31, 1917.

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Specification of Lettera Patent.

^ Application med February 21, 1916. Serial No. 79,628.

To all rwtofm, it may concern:

Be it known that I,- Mnnviim GRANT NELLEs, of the city of Toronto, in the county object of the invention is to devise a simple means whereby the title of the piece inscribed on each disk will be simultaneously in an exposed position so that the eye of the observer can readily pick vout one disk from the others and it `consists essentially voi' the following arrangement and construction of -parts as hereinafter more particularly described.

Figure 1, is a sectional plan view showing my cabinet holdei` in the closed position showing the operating parts in full.

Fig. 2, is a similar view to Fig. 1 showing the cabinet in the open position.

Fig. 3, is a longitudinal section through Fig. 1.

Fig. 4, -is a plan section on line m--Jy 8 indicates the record disks contained in the pockets 7. Each pocket 7 is slidably held within a compartment or stall 6. 9 and 10 indicate horizontal partitions located in proximity to the top and bottom of the cabinet casing so as to `:form the uppei` 'and lower spaces 12 and 13. The partitions forming the sides of the compartments 6 extend between the partitions 9 and 10 and are secured thereto. 14 and 15 indicate longitudinal slots formed in the partitions of the cabi- Patente-d .uly 341, 191 '7. 1 l

lugs 16 extend upwardly through the slots 14 and are normally in a line one with the l other extending crosswise of the cabinet as" indicated particularly in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The lugs 17 extend upwardly through the slots 14 and' are normally disposed in V-shaped form as also indicated in Fig. 4

of the drawin s. The lugs 18 and 19 extend through t e slots 15, the lugs 18 being arranged similarly to the lugs 16 and the lugs 19 to the lugs' 17.V

20 and 21 indicate cross bars having en-` larged ends 22 provided with vbearing rollers 23 operating in the guideways 2 and 3,l

It will, of course, be understoodvtliat there are a pair of guideways 2 and 3 l0- cated above the partition 9 anda pair of guideways corresponding thereto located below the partition 10.

24 indicates a triangular arm' extending outwardly from each of the bars'20 and 21. 25 indicates a friction roller mounted on avertical axis extending from the bar 20. 26 indicates a similar rollerextending upwardly from the apex of the triangular-,arm 24. 27 indicates a swinging arm swingably mounted on the hinged center of the door 4 y and designed. to be brought alternately into contact with the rollers 25 and 26. 28 indicates arc-shaped arms carried by the door 4, the arms 28 being concentric to the center of the door hinge 5. 29 indicates a slot formed in the arm 28. 30 indicates a pin extending upwardly from the arm 27 through the slot and 31 indicates a compression spring extending betweenthe pin or projection 30 and the end o the slotQ It will be understood that the mechanism comprisin the-v bar 20, arm 24, arm 27 and curve arm 28 is located both above and below the partitions 9 and 10 so as toV operate simultaneously upon the upper and lower ends of the pockets 7. If desired, the pocket 7 may be mounted on rollers 32 and 33 car: ried by the partitions 9 and 10.

Having described` the principal parts iiivolved in my invention I will briefly describe the operation of the same.

Normally the pockets are in a line when the door of the cabinet is closed. When the cabinet 'is opened the arms 28 are carried outwardly with the door until the end of the slot 29 engages with the pin 30. The arm 27 is then swung on its center at 5` being carried outwardly with the arm 28 until such arm 27 engages the roller 26. Byconare simultaneously visible` thereby enabling f any desired ,record to be picked out from therest. In closing the cabinet the door is.

swung carrying the arm 27 into engagementr with the roller 25 above and belowV the pockets. As the arm 27 is swung inwardly thebars 2O and 2l are carried rearwardlyl engagingl thestops 16 so as to carry them intothe.` normalalined position shown in Figs. l and 4. When they have assumed this position the doors :finally close by cornpressing the springl within the slot.

It will be understood that in all other cabinets which have been used the only arrangement which has been made for picking out one disk from another is by numbering the stalls and having an indexV book in which the names of the pieces are entered thus when it is desired to piek out a piece the book must first be referred tobefore the piece can be found.' Very often the disks are placedY in wrong `stalls and cannot be found by referring to the book. It will then be necessary to make a Search through all the disk records to nd the one wanted. In my device the names of all the disk records are held so ,as to be simultaneously .clearly visible to the observer and all lthat it is necessary to do is for him to glance over the names to` iind the disk record which he requires without referring. to any book and thereby `obviating the danger of the records being mixed up and not being found by being placed in wrong stalls. v

What i claim as my invention is.

l. fin a phono phic disk record cabinet, the combination with the easing having a series of vertical partitions forming stalls and a door for the cabinet, of means operated by the opening of the door for Vsimultaneously withdrawlng the disks outwardly from the stalls into a relatively rearwardly stepped position one to the other.

2. In a phonographic disk reeord cabinet,

the combination with the casing thereof, 0fl a series of record disk holding pockets, from w which the` front peripheral portion-of the disk is designed to protrude, and'V means for drawing ythe disk holding pockets Vsimultaneously outwardly and for simultaneously drawing the pockets from an alined position -v into a V-shapedy position one to the other so that the protruding portions of the disk assume a rearwardly stepped relation one to the other.

3. In a phonographic disk record cabinet, the combination with the casing thereof, of a series of vdisk holding pockets held in the casing,` projections extending from each pocket normally in a line extending crosswise of the cabinet and a series of projections extending from each pocketnormally `in V-shaped form, `a cross bar extending across the pockets between each set of pro- Y jections, and means for drawing the crossv bar `successively into engagement with the projections Yarranged in ll-formV so as to `draw the pockets sueoessively outwardly.

4. ln a phonographic disk record cabinet the combination with the casing thereof, of

i a series of disk holding pockets held in the casing, projections extending n from each `cross bar Yforwardly as the door is opened and rearwardly as the door is closed.

MELVILLE GRANT NELLES. Witnesses:

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